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Eskil Erlandsson bjuder in till Skogsriketkonferensen 2012

Torsdagen den 9 februari 2012 står landsbygdsminister Eskil Erlandsson värd för den första Skogsriketkonferensen. Skogsbruk, träförädling och turism är teman för konferensen som äger rum på Sånga Säby utanför Stockholm. Skogsriketkonferensen 2012 Landsbygdsdepartementet, 7 februari 2012 Read More | View Original Article

Så får regeringen fart på bostadsbyggandet

Under många år har det byggts alldeles för lite i Sverige, vilket lett till bostadsbrist. Senhösten 2011 och vintern 2012 har det däremot hänt en del. I en webbintervju berättar civil- och bostadsminister Stefan Attefall om regeringens åtgärder för att sätta fart på bostadsbyggandet. Socialdepartementet, 7 februari 2012 Read More | View Original Article

Arab League warns of civil war in Syria

The head of the Arab League said on Monday the Syrian army's use of heavy weapons against civilians was an escalation that edged the country towards civil war.  "We follow with great anxiety and irritation developments in the field situation in Syria, and the escalation of military operations in the city of Homs and rural areas of Damascus, and the Syrian armed forces' use of heavy weapons against civilians," Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said in a statement.  In the statement published by the Egyptian state news agency, Elaraby said the escalation took the crisis in Syria Read More | View Original Article

Sheikh Jaber to form new Kuwait cabinet

Kuwait's emir has asked outgoing Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to form a new cabinet, the state news agency Kuna said, after the country held a parliamentary election last week. Sheikh Jaber, a member of the ruling family, was prime minister of a caretaker cabinet that resigned on Sunday after the election. Read More | View Original Article

Bahrain plans lab to test textile quality

Plans were in the pipeline to establish specialised laboratories to confirm if the quality of textiles, fabrics and garments that enter Bahrain's markets are in line with GCC standards, said a senior government official. Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro told Shura Council members he hoped the scheme would be listed in the new budget for next year and 2014. "In the past we have tried to allocate a budget for the labs but it was never added to our spending," said Dr Fakhro. "The ministry is hopeful that this year we would include it for next year's budget a Read More | View Original Article

Restricting calories early on does not help acute lung injury patients on ventilators

Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a full-calorie program compared to a full-calorie program right away. These results are part of a new clinical study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Read More | View Original Article

New, free e-biography released

Always There: the Remarkable Life of Ruth Lillian Kirschstein, M.D., a new biography released Feb. 6, tells the rare story of a woman who was as comfortable conversing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as she was bringing science to children in inner-city classrooms. Read More | View Original Article

New website: NIH Clinical Research Trials and You

The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate. Read More | View Original Article

Framtidsseminarium: Bortom 65

År 2030 beräknas var fjärde svensk vara över 65 år. Inträdet i yrkeslivet har förskjutits uppåt i åren och allt fler lever allt längre. Det innebär att tiden efter 65 år för många blir den längsta livsfasen, och att de som är inne på arbetsmarknaden behöver försörja allt fler. Detta var ämnet för det framtidsseminarium som hölls på förmiddagen idag. Artikel: Pension vid 68 år 2033? Read More | View Original Article

Regeringens nyhetsbrev: Toppmöte om tillväxtfrågor i Stockholm

I veckan träffas nio nordeuropeiska statsministrar i Stockholm. De ska utbyta erfarenheter och diskutera hur man kan uppnå långsiktigt hållbar tillväxt vid sidan om den akuta ekonomiska krishantering som har präglat Europa de senaste åren. Regeringens nyhetsbrev: Toppmöte om tillväxtfrågor i Stockholm Regeringen, 6 februari 2012 Read More | View Original Article

Bahrain 'to be Gulf's cultural pearl'

Bahrain Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa last night paid tribute to Bahrain's rich heritage and the spirit of hoping to become the cultural pearl of the Gulf. HRH The Crown Prince was speaking as he officially opened 'Manama, Capital of Arab Culture 2012'. The ceremony, at Bahrain National Museum, was held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad, who deputised HRH the Crown Prince. He expressed pride at Manama being named the capital of Arab culture, which he said reflects Bahrain's cultural and histor Read More | View Original Article

BICI chief set to hold talks with societies

A legal expert who headed an independent inquiry into Bahrain's unrest last year is due to meet members of Bahrain's political opposition today. Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) chairman Professor Mahmoud Sharif Bassiouni has been invited back to the country by the government to assess measures taken to implement BICI recommendations. He is meeting political societies and government officials during the visit. Yesterday he met Deputy Premier Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, who briefed him on what the government has done over the past two months. Read More | View Original Article

Iran's Khamenei threatens retaliation over oil embargo

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports. 'Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America ... Sanctions will not have any impact on our determination to continue our nuclear course ... Read More | View Original Article

Islamists win big in Kuwait polls

Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition made significant gains in the Gulf state's fourth parliamentary election in six years, while women candidates did not win a single seat, official results of the ballot showed. Liberal candidates also lost seats in the vote, which was called by Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, in December after he dissolved the chamber in response to deepening political deadlock that has stymied reform and held up vital development projects in the key oil-exporting country. According to media reports, Islamists have securing 34 seats in the 50-mem Read More | View Original Article

Iran oil ban 'won't hit nuke work'

Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. But he also called on the European Union, which accounted for a quarter of Iranian crude oil sales in the third quarter of 2011, to review its decision last week to bank Iranian oil imports from July 1. 'We will not abandon our just nuclear course, even if we cannot sell one drop of oil,' Rostam Qasemi told reporters, according to IRNA. Tension with the West rose last month when Washingto Read More | View Original Article

Syrians storm embassies after 'Homs massacre'

Syrian demonstrators ransacked their country's embassy in Cairo and broke into the missions in London and Kuwait, after human rights activists reported more than 200 people were killed in shelling by government forces in the city of Homs. The embassy attack was part of protests around the world against the worst bloodshed of the 11 month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Read More | View Original Article

British visa fees goes online in Bahrain

Fees for UK visas must be paid online by credit or debit card, before applications are submitted to the Visa Application Centre in Bahrain from tomorrow (February 6). The UK Border Agency has launched the new online application and payment system, which states fees will be payable in US dollars by Visa, MasterCard or debit card. Payments using other types of credit or debit cards or in another currency will not be accepted. Read More | View Original Article

Illegal trade results in Saudi cement crisis

A cement crisis resulting from illegal trading and a steep hike in prices is spreading from Jeddah and Madinah to other major cities and regions in the kingdom, a top official said. Abdullah Ridwan, chairman of the committee for contractors and ready-mix concrete at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urged the authorities to intervene and make available an adequate quantity of cement in the local market to contain the soaring prices. Read More | View Original Article

Kuwait interim government resigns

Kuwait's interim government tendered its resignation on Sunday, state television said, making way for the formation of a new cabinet following a snap parliamentary election on Thursday.      Under the constitution, a new cabinet must be formed before the new parliament's first session, which is held two weeks after the vote.      The outgoing cabinet was appointed in December after its predecessor resigned in response to a political deadlock that has stymied reform and held up vital development projects in the major oil-exporter.      Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ah Read More | View Original Article

Cairo protesters, police in clash again

Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on Sunday and were forced back with volleys of tear gas. It was the fourth day of clashes outside the ministry, in which seven people have died. Protesters accuse the ministry of failing to prevent the deaths last week of 74 people after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said. Read More | View Original Article

"Staten ska vara ett föredöme som arbetsgivare"

Regeringen har gett Arbetsförmedlingen i uppdrag att ta fram förslag till hur ett praktikantprogram i statliga myndigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning ska genomföras. Hillevi Engström svarar i en intervju på frågor om uppdraget. Artikel: "Staten ska vara ett föredöme som arbetsgivare" Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet, 6 februari 2012 Read More | View Original Article

Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan -- NIH study

For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select club of genes in which regulatory activity peaks during an environmentally-sensitive critical period in development. Read More | View Original Article

Idag är det samefolkets dag

Sedan 1993 firas den samiska nationaldagen den 6 februari, till minne av det första samelandsmötet som hölls detta datum i Trondheim år 1917. Årets nationaldag firas över hela Sápmi (Sameland), bland annat i Dearna/Tärnaby. Där hissas den samiska flaggan utanför kommunhuset på måndag. I Stockholm uppmärksammas dagen på Skansen. Samer - samepolitik Sametingets webbplats sida om samedagen Read More | View Original Article

What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. During American Heart Month, visit the FAQ at USA.gov to learn how to prevent the disease and make heart-healthy choices. Read More | View Original Article

NIH study uncovers probable mechanism underlying resveratrol activity

National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. Read More | View Original Article

NCCAM's Advisory Council welcomes six new members

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes six new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead federal agency for research on complementary medicine, and a component of the National Institutes of Health. Read More | View Original Article

Förtydligande av arbetsgivares ansvar för sjuklön

En sjuklöneperiod ska inte börja om inte arbetstagaren helt återgått i arbete och utfört arbete under minst en dag sedan arbetsgivaren senast betalade ut sjuklön för en hel sjuklöneperiod. Det föreslår regeringen i den lagrådsremiss som lämnades till lagrådet den 2 februari. Lagrådsremiss: Förtydligande av arbetsgivares ansvar för sjuklön Read More | View Original Article

Bonden och matentusiasten Lena Ryberg-Ericsson är ny Matlandetambassadör för Västmanland

Landsbygdsminister Eskil Erlandsson har utsett bonden, projektledaren och matentusiasten Lena Ryberg Ericsson till Västmanlands nya Matlandetambassadör. Lena Ryberg-Ericsson kommer från Köping och driver verksamheten Bondesafari. Pressmeddelande: Lena Ryberg-Ericsson är Västmanlands nya matlandetambassadör Västmanland: Lena Ryberg-Ericsson Read More | View Original Article

Bahrain waives $169m customs fees in 2011

Customs fees worth BD64 million ($169.75 million) were waived for Bahraini-run factories last year, the Interior Ministry said. It was part of GCC directives to exempt all industrial facilities from customs fees, including machinery, equipment, packaging and other industrial products, a statement from the ministry added. The list of factories was suggested by the National Commission for the Support and Protection of National Industries. It comprises representatives from the ministry's General Directorate of Customs, and the Industry and Commerce Ministry. Read More | View Original Article

Dhow disaster survivors win compensation

Survivors of one of Bahrain's biggest disasters have been awarded BD2,000 ($5,304) compensation by the kingdom’s High Civil Court. The court ordered the owner of the Al Dana dhow to pay the amount to each victim after finally reaching a verdict five years after the tragedy. Fifty-eight people died and 72 were injured when the vessel capsized during a party to mark the completion of the concreting work at the Bahrain World Trade Centre on March 30, 2006. Lawyer Ahmed Al Arrad, who is representing nearly 50 people seeking compensation, confirmed the Bahraini owner of the Read More | View Original Article